Therapeutic Areas

Overview

Sun Valley Research Center is focused on the comprehensive,
successful management and completion of Phase II-IV clinical trials
combined with our private practice. Our private practice has
treated patients with schizophrenia, bipolar, depression, anger
symptoms, panic and other anxiety disorders, as well as difficulty
with sleep and chronic pain. We also assist the obese and those
with eating disorders, plus individuals with paranoid, psychotic or
schizophrenic disorders. Memory failing, Alzheimer’s and other
forms of dementia are also treated

We promote the advancement of wellness through research and are
dedicated to advancing the development of new investigational
treatments (drugs, devices). Our private practice has
implemented programs to quit smoking, control body weight and
educate the community about mental illness.

Our research team is designed to streamline efforts to assure
maximum efficiency while maintaining the highest ethical standards,
ensuring research subject safety. Our site consists of 2 Board
Certified Psychologists and research staff to oversee all clinical
trials with several years of experience. In conjunction with the
University of California San Diego, the international mood
disorders center and other academic institutions, various research
protocols are being instituted to include studies in Latino Mental
Health, Victims of Trauma, Aging, and clinical drug trials allowing
the possibility of offering high quality treatments at no cost.

Sponsors are assured of timely study initiation and patient
enrollments as well as accurate study protocol conduct.

Our primary source of research subjects are the patients seen in
our behavioral health medical center, by private practice
practitioners, multi-specialty group practices, and community
hospitals. Our private practice is currently the largest private
system of behavioral and psychiatric care in the Imperial County,
California.

Community support is outstanding and our internal patient
database is extensive coming from our sub-specialty physicians.

Our Mission

Our mission is to perform high quality clinical research
involving new therapeutics in order to advance the care of patients
with a variety of diseases in a rural area where access of care is
limited to some of our residents. We have formed partnerships with
experienced private practice physicians and with well known experts
in the field who have the most qualified patient database and a
strong desire to become involved in clinical research.

Our Goals

Follow all guidelines mandated by Sponsor, CRO and FDA.

To continually improve our research skills

Satisfy every sponsor with our timely response to study
inquiries

Ensure complete, and accurate quality of work

Providing quality data in a timely manner and by the designated
timelines

Have the equipment and staff available to conduct clinical
trials in a variety of specialties

To be respected and consistently recognized by monitors for
meeting and exceeding enrollment goals.

Facility

Outpatient studies can be conducted either at our site or at the
designated physician's office. We have the capability to
perform inpatient studies as a result of our association with
Pioneers Memorial Hospital and El Centro Regional Medical Center.
We can use either a central Institutional Review Board (IRB) or
local IRB for studies conducted at inpatient facilities.

We have designated areas which include ample storage for files
and study drug, freezer, refrigerator, centrifuge and exam rooms.
Our high quality and safety standards extend to strict quality
control of all environmental factors and equipment.

Investigator

Psychiatry:

Alvaro Camacho, M.D.
Dr Camacho is one of the founders and the Director of Sun Valley
Research Center, located in Imperial, CA. Dr. Camacho is also the
Medical Director of the Imperial County Behavioral Health Services
in El Centro, CA. Dr. Camacho is a consultant for El Centro
Regional Medical Center, Pioneer’s Hospital in Brawley, CA and a
staff psychiatrist at the Imperial County Behavioral Health. He
also is a psychiatrist at the Sun Valley Behavioral Medical Center
focusing on Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. Dr. Camacho is
certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology since
2005. Dr. Camacho is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
for the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Camacho has
participated in several conferences and speaking engagements for
American Psychiatric Association, Lilly, Azur Pharmaceutical. He is
also part of the speaker’s bureau for Jansen and Pfizer. Dr.
Camacho has several years of research experience which includes
clinical trials and investigator initiated trials which awarded him
the Department of Psychiatry Chairman’s Research Award at UCSD
during his years of training.

Bernardo Ng, M.D.
Dr. Ng is the Medical Director of Sun Valley Behavioral Center
located in Imperial, CA and ALEGRIA Adult Health Care Center
located in Calexico, CA, which are both privately operated. Dr. Ng
is one of the founders of Sun Valley Research Center in conjunction
with Sun Valley Behavioral Center. He is also the Medical Director
of the Imperial Valley Drug & Rehabilitation Clinic in El
Centro, CA. Dr. Ng has been certified by the American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology since 1995 and has a sub-specialty in
Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr. Ng has been an Assistant Clinical
Professor for the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD since 1995 and a
consultant in the district branch relations for the American
Psychiatric Association since 2006. He has participated in several
clinical trials and investigator initiated trials since 1994 and
has participated in several speaking engagements for Eisai, Forest,
Glaxo Smth Klein, Jansen, Lilly, Pfizer and Wyeth. Dr. Ng has
several years of research experience which includes clinical trials
and investigator initiated trials.

Staff

Our staff pays close attention to adhering to the sponsor's
study protocol, current FDA, GCP and ICH guidelines, and the
company's standard operating procedures. Such attention to
detail maximizes patient safety while also maintaining the accuracy
and integrity of the clinical data.

Patients

Our offices draw from a very diverse pool of potential patients.
Imperial County has over 140,000 people. Seventy percent (70%) of
the population of the Imperial county is of Latino background,
predominately Mexican-Americans, the remaining thirty percent
consists of Caucasian, Asian American and African Americans. This
is a unique population for a variety of studies, looking at
different outcomes in Rural Hispanics living in a Border County in
Southern California

Other

We provide our sponsors and central research organizations with
a pleasant physical environment for their monitoring activities.
Our employee's hours are flexible to enable staff to work
directly with the monitors as needed.

We value the opportunity to provide our sponsors with the best
research data possible and are committed to excellence in all
services we provide.

Contact Center

If you are interested in contacting this center to discuss clinical trials, please complete and send the email form below. A representative from the research center will then follow up with you.